[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 790 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 790

To reauthorize the public and assisted housing drug elimination program 
          of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 14, 2005

   Ms. Lee (for herself, Mrs. Christensen, Mr. Towns, Mr. Payne, Mr. 
 Sanders, Mrs. Maloney, Mrs. Jones of Ohio, Mr. Meeks of New York, Mr. 
George Miller of California, Ms. Kilpatrick of Michigan, Mr. Cummings, 
Ms. Watson, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Crowley, Mr. Kucinich, Mr. McDermott, Mr. 
Weiner, Mr. Gutierrez, Ms. Carson, Ms. Velazquez, Mr. Capuano, Mr. Gene 
  Green of Texas, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Serrano, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Davis of 
 Alabama, Ms. McCollum of Minnesota, Ms. Berkley, Mr. Abercrombie, Ms. 
 Corrine Brown of Florida, Ms. Waters, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Mr. 
Lynch, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of 
Texas, Mr. Jefferson, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Meek of Florida, Ms. Jackson-Lee 
     of Texas, Ms. Millender-McDonald, Mr. Rangel, Mrs. Capps, Mr. 
  Butterfield, Mr. Clay, Mr. Costello, Mr. Gonzalez, Ms. Norton, Mr. 
Lewis of Georgia, Mrs. McCarthy, Mr. Wynn, and Mr. Hastings of Florida) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                           Financial Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To reauthorize the public and assisted housing drug elimination program 
          of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Public Housing Drug Elimination 
Program Reauthorization Act of 2005''.

SEC. 2. PUBLIC AND ASSISTED HOUSING DRUG ELIMINATION PROGRAM.

    (a) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 5129 of the Anti-Drug 
Abuse Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 11908) is amended by striking subsection 
(a) and inserting the following new subsection:
    ``(a) In General.--There are authorized to be appropriated to carry 
out this chapter such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 
2006, 2007, and 2008.''.
    (b) Eligible Activities.--Section 5124(a)(6) of the Anti-Drug Abuse 
Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 11903(a)(6)) is amended by striking the 
semicolon at the end and inserting the following:
 ``, except that the activities conducted under any program carried out 
in whole or in part with grant amounts provided pursuant to this 
paragraph may include only--
                    ``(A) providing treatment for drug abuse through 
                rehabilitation or relapse prevention;
                    ``(B) providing education about the dangers and 
                adverse consequences of drug use or violent crime;
                    ``(C) identifying drug users, assisting such users 
                in discontinuing their drug use through an education 
                program, and, if appropriate, referring the users to a 
                drug treatment program;
                    ``(D) providing after school activities for youths 
                for the purpose of discouraging, reducing, or 
                eliminating drug use or violent crime by youths;
                    ``(E) providing capital improvements for the 
                purpose of discouraging, reducing, or eliminating drug 
                use or violent crime; and
                    ``(F) providing security services for the purpose 
                of discouraging, reducing, or eliminating drug use or 
                violent crime.''.
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